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Definition of Annalists
1. annalist [n] - See also: annalist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Annalists
Literary usage of Annalists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1892)
"But what can we do when the only really trustworthy authorities for the events
of the time are the Annalists, that is to say, some six or seven men, ..."
2. Studies in Ennius by Eleanor Shipley Duckett (1915)
"There is, then, no evidence that the annalists of the earlier period of Roman
historiography were influenced by any chronicle play of Naevius, Ennius, ..."
3. A Smaller History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of by William Smith (1899)
"The earliest annalists who obtained reputation were Q. FABIUS ... There were many
other annalists, of whom we know little more than the names, ..."
4. American Lands and Letters by Donald Grant Mitchell (1898)
"Quaint Annalists. There was old Governor Bradford * for instance (who immediately
succeeded the first Governor— Carver) and whose home once stood upon that ..."
5. History of American Literature by Leonidas Warren Payne (1919)
"For our present purposes we may speak of the New England authors in three groups,
the chief annalists and historians, the most notable verse makers, ..."
6. A History of Latin Literature from Ennius to Boethius by George Augustus Simcox (1883)
"LATER Annalists AND MEMOIR-WRITERS. WE know comparatively little of the annalists
and historians of the period between the Gracchi and Sulla except their ..."
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